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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Six More Weeks of Winter

Today in St. Peters, MO: Cloudy, high 40 degreesIt may be cloudy in St. Peters, Missouri, but in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil (the famous groundhog) saw his shadow, which means six more weeks of winter. Bah!

Punxsutawney is in Western Pennsylvania, where Groundhog Day has been a big doings since 1886. The festivities on Groundhog Day center around Gobblers Knob. Here's a link to the news article and photos of the event. If you're curious about the history of Groundhog Day, here's a link to a site that can shed some light on the topic.

Before it was called Groundhog Day, Feb 2 was known as Candlemas Day . The Christian significance of the 2nd of February is that this date is forty days after Christ's birth at Christmas. I also found this poem about Candlemas day: "For as the sun shines on Candlemas Day, so far will the snow swirl in May . . ."

Hey Donna, and Pat and Claudia! Maybe you can try what I've been doing in these cloudy, yucky days....turn on all the lights in the room you're in and pretend like you're basking in sunlight and warmth!... You're probably not buying that, are ya?! :)

Poor Phil, all he wants to do is snooze. I play a fun Groundhog game with my students. One hides in the box and another knocks on his door and shouts, Wake Up Groundhog! The kid in the box must identify by voice who it is. Really fun.

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